Releasable stake for logging-cars.



l H. BARBER; -v BELEASABLE STARE Fon' LOGGING GARS.

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Patented `0n.28,1913.

UMTED STATE-s rnrnnr orales.

HERMAN menne., 'or nnLLINGHAM, wnsHrNsroN.

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Specincat'im of Letters Patent.

Application mea :une rz, 1913'. sanar N.' 774,170.'

Patented oet. 28, 1913.

To all it may concern.'

Be it known that I, HERMAN HAnm-in, a

subjectof the King pf Great Britain, residing` sit-Bellingham, in the county of Whatcom and State of Washington, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Re-v leasa-ble Stakes f or Logging-Cars, of which the followingis a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying draw- This invention relates to an improvement 1n the construct-ion of a logging car, and the principal object of the invention is to provide an improved log support, and an ini` e logs 1n place `Another object of the invention is to so proved stake for holding t mount the stake that the stake may be released from the opposite' side of the carthus preventing any danger of the workmen bcing hit by the logs rolling from the car and injured. A

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved means for holding the 'bunks in spaced relation.

Another object of the invention is to provide a log support which may be formed from old railroad rails, thus permitting the rails which are of no further use to the railroad ,to be putto a newuse, and .thus a great.-

saving accomplished.

With these and other objects inview this invention consists of cert-ain novel combinations, constructions, and arrangements. of

APar-t3 as will b e 'hereinafter fully-"de`scribed and claimed.

Inthe accompanying drawings:-,Figure 1 is a perspective view` showing oneform of the invention. Fig. 2 is a seotio-nalonfr the line 2 2, in Fig. 1, certain portions oI'the device being omitted, Fig. 3 is a section similar to Fig. 2 andtakenalong the line 3 3, in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is.-`a'fr `agmentary .longitudinal sectional viewthrough one end portion of the log support shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 5. is a perspective view ofjthedogsupport formed in a manner similar to that shown in Fig. 1, but using apair of railroad rails. Fig. 6 is a section along th'e line 6-6, 1n Fig. 5. Fig. 7 Ais an enlarged perspective view of thedevice for holding the bunks in spaced relation. Fig. 8 is an enlarged perspective. view of one of the stakes.

In the accompanyin drawin the numoral 10 indicates the ooring o a' dat car,

one end portion only of the car being lshown. At each end of the car the bunks 11 and-12 'curing ing ones ofthelower row of logs are now site side of the curare hold them 1n the raised desired means. Protecting plates 13 are placed along the bunks to protect the bunks from weary, nel the'bunksare 'held in spaced .relation by 'the angle members, one of which is shown in perspective yin Fig. 7. Each of these angle members may be cast, or formed from a strip of heavysheet met-albent to form the inner wall 14 and outer Walls 15 'and 16, which are connected with the. oppobunks and thus forms additional securingare placed transversely. and secured by any means for the angle member. A chain 2li is connected with the eye 25 of the stake and is adapted to be drawn through a 'circular openinv' 26formed in the end wall 17. In lgls. 5 and 6 there has been shown a modified form Iof thedeviceiin which a pair of rail sections 27 and 28 are used in place `bf the bunks/'11 and 12. 4'lhe'rail sections are riveted to a baseplate 30 by means of the rivet 31 and the base plate is secured to the iiooringof the flat car by any'desu'ed means. "Spacing bolts '33 extend between the. rails 27 and 28 and are held in place by the inner.and outer nutsBZt and 85, thus bracmg the rails and preventing the central por- .toward eaclr,-otl1e` r. `The angle members are placed between the end portionsfof t-he rail and fit againstv filling blocks 35', which tions of the railfrom spreadingI or moving blocks` are provided to form firm supports for thejouterwvalls 15 and 16 of the v'angle members. W'hen this car is in use the chains are released, from the hooks andthe stakes lowered. A log is thenplaced upon the bunks andthe stakes upon-one side vraised t0.. the desired sit-ion'by drawing them with the hooks.y

the chains tight `and seiThe remainputin place arid the. stakes upon' the oppothen raised and the chains `tightened to position. The upper logs nre put 1n place and rest' between the lower logs so that the pile of logs will not slip fromthe car. The

position and held in this pologs are removed from the car by releasing the chainsto let the stakes upon one side of the car drop, thus permitting the logs to roll from the car. a

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new, is

l. A device of the character described comprising a pair of bunks, angle members holding said bunks in spaced relation, each of said angle members comprising an inner wall and a pair of outer walls positioned lupon opposite sides of said inner wall, walls connecting the opposite ends of said outer Walls with said inner wall, a pivot pin passingv through said bunks and the inner and outer walls of said angle members, a stake pivotally mounted upon said pin, and a chain having one end connected with said stake and having its other end adapted to be passed through an opening formed in one of the end ,walls of the angle member at the opposlte end of said bunks .whereby said stake may be drawn inwardly and held in the adjusted' position, and means for engaging said chain to hold the stake in an .adjusted position.

2. A log support comprising a base plate,

a pair of railroad rails mounted upon said base plate, rods connecting said railroad.

rails intermediate their length to hold the .same in spaced relation, angle members outer walls, end walls connecting the oppo.

site ends of said outer walls with said inner wall, one of said end walls being of less heighty than said inner and outer walls, and the remaining` end wall beinzgT provided with an opening.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HERMAN HARDER.

Witnesses:

JACOB S. SMITH, S. D. SLENTZ.

Cop'iea of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. y 

